Fiscal policy in the United States is heavily influenced by the ideological and economic priorities of the Republican and Democratic parties.

Presidents often come into office with a blueprint to transform government. Project 2025 – assembled by Trump allies – is ...

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on this day in 1911. His legacy still shapes American politics, historians say, and he's a ...

While Lincoln has ranked at the top of each survey, the two presidents who served right before him – Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, both sympathetic to slavery – and his immediate successor, ...

By just about any measure you can name, the national Democratic Party is in its most ragged shape since the Reagan era.

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on this day in 1911. His legacy still shapes American politics, historians say, and he's a ...

Prior to the tariffs, the US had a massive trade deficit with Japan. In 1986, the deficit was about $55bn. The deficit ...

He won two major history prizes and served as a consultant for filmmaker Ken Burns. His books charted the evolution of the American presidency.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, alias FDR, is the longest-serving president in the history of the US. His presidency lasted 12 years. That means he served three presidential terms of four years each. His rule ...

When Donald Trump flies back to Mar-a-Lago next, he'll fly on Air Force One. He also may get his red, white and blue design ...

Penny D. Johnson, 73, Fleming, died Jan. 30, 2025, at her home. A funeral service will be held between the two visitation times at the Barlow Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home in Barlow ...